'critical coalition' A seductive coinage indeed! :-)
On 10/16/07, C.K. Vishwanath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > British Journal of Sociology 2007 public lecture > > SEXUAL POLITICS: THE LIMITS OF SECULARISM, THE TIME OF > COALITION > > Date: Tuesday 30 October 2007 > Time: 6.30-8pm > Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building [London School of > Economics] > Speaker: Professor Judith Butler > Discussant: Professor Chetan Bhatt > Chair: Dr Suki Ali > > This lecture considers the conditions for > coalition that might exist between religious and > sexual minorities through focusing on > differential forms of state coercion. Several > arguments have emerged in Europe and elsewhere, > claiming that feminism and progressive sexual > politics are threatened by new religious > communities and the effects of Islam in > particular and base their views on libertarian > principles (feminism and progressive sexual > politics rely on increasingly robust conceptions > of personal liberty) and on criticisms of > multiculturalism (cast as a relativist enterprise > that is unable to ground strong normative > claims). Such arguments tend to rely on > conceptions of sexual or gender freedom which > presume certain conceptions of secular progress > and to forget or dismiss conceptions of sexual > politics that are bound to anti-racist struggle. > Without denying that clear tensions exist between > religious traditions that condemn and forbid > homosexuality and progressive sexual movements > that tend to promote exclusionary conceptions of > the secular, the lecture focuses on the > importance of conceptions of cultural > translation, antagonism, and the critique of > state coercion to consider what 'critical > coalition' might mean for religious and sexual > minorities > > Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor at the > University of California, Berkeley. Chetan Bhatt > is a professor in the Department of Sociology at > Goldsmiths. > > This event is free and open to all with no ticket > required. Entry is on a first come, first served > basis. For more information, email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 020 7955 6043. > > --- > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who > knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545469 > > > > -- Dileep R I thuravoor --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
